VATICAN : AWAITING PAPAL VISIT TO LEBANON IN IRAQVatican
Radio REPORT The count down is on, with just weeks to go before Benedict XVI's
apostolic journey to Lebanon, scheduled for September 14 to 16th. A visit which
has as its primary purpose the publication and delivery of the Post-Synodal
Apostolic Exhortation for the Middle East, the concluding document for the 2010
Middle East Synod of Bishops. (IMAGE SOURCE: GOOGLE)

The Pope's visit is
therefore eagerly awaited not only in Lebanon but in all the Christian
communities of the region. Alexander Gisotti asked Msgr. Shlemon Warduni,
Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad how the Church in Iraq is looking forward to the
papal trip.

Bishop Warduni says “despite all the difficulties that exist
and all the worrying circumstances that there are in the Middle East, including
Iraq, the Church awaits with great hope the Holy Father's visit to Lebanon.”

It is “the visit of a father who loves his children, who feel his
concern for them, anywhere and under any circumstances,” continues Warduni.
“Even in Iraq, we expect this Apostolic Exhortation with love and great hope.
There are still many difficulties, especially regarding security. We hope,
therefore, that this visit will bring much consolation, courage and so much
support.”

Q - The Pope will meet not only the Christians and the
bishops in Lebanon – he will also have a meeting with Muslim communities. This
is very important to strengthen dialogue ...

“Of course! Dialogue
between Muslims and Christians was spoken of even at the Synod for the Middle
East. All of us live in one place: here we grow up together, live together, and
especially we (as) witnesses of the Gospel - we always try to be close to our
brothers, trying to make people understand that religion must bring people
together, to help understand that the Spirit of God is present everywhere. If we
do not respect each other, if we fail to help each other and reconcile each to
the other, it will be very difficult to move forward in these circumstances -
with the war - because the love for God and love of neighbor are not
understood.”

Q - The Pope's trip to Lebanon will also be an
encouragement to the many Iraqi Christians forced to flee. This proximity of the
Pope is felt by the Christian community in Iraq?

“As the Pope
asks of us, we must love our land, we must grip on to our faith, our church and
to our land. This is the hour of great and powerful hope, so that everyone may
return to their homes: there, they will truly find happiness. We hope that
everyone can live in peace and safety!”

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OFFICIAL RACCOLTA NOVENA PRAYER WITH INDULGENCE:

To all faithful Christians who, in private or public, in
church or in their own houses, shall keep any of the following Novenas, in
preparation for the principal feasts of most holy Mary, Pope Pius VII., at the
prayer of several holy persons, granted, by Rescripts issued through his
Eminence the Cardinal-Vicar, Aug. 4 and Nov. 24, 1808, and Jan. 11, 1800 (all of
which are kept in the Segretaria of the Vicariate) -i. An indulgence of 300
days, daily.ii. A plenary indulgence to all who shall assist at
these Novenas every day, and who shall afterwards, either on the Feast-day
itself, to which each Novena respectively has reference, or on some one day in
its Octave, after Confession and Communion, pray to our Lord and to the Blessed
Virgin ac cording to the pious intention of the Sovereign
Pontiff.

GLORY OF MARY AFTER
DEATH.In the resurrection of her body.Let us meditate
how glorious Mary was after death, since by the power of the Highest her body,
raised again to life, forthwith acquired the four gifts of brightness, subtlety,
agility, and impassibility; and, filled with consolation at the excellency of
her glory, let us thus invoke her: i. O Lady exalted, who wast so gloriously
raised again to life by thy God; help us so to live on earth, that we also may
rise again like unto thee in the last judgment-day.Three Ave Marias.
ii. O Lady exalted, to whose risen body were given the gifts of brightness
and of subtlety, by reason of the bright example and the humility of thy life on
earth; pray for us, that all contemptuous affectation may be taken from us; that
so our souls, being freed from all self-love, may be adorned with
humility.Three Ave Maria’s. iii. O Lady exalted, by the gifts of
agility and impassibility with which thy risen body was glorified, by reason of
thy spiritual zeal and patience while on earth; obtain for us courage valiantly
to mortify our bodies, and patiently to curb all our disordinate
inclinations.Three Ave Marias. Then let us render due praise to
Mary, and magnify the glory which adorned her risen body; while with the fifth
choir we exalt her: The Litany
of Our Lady :

Lord,
have mercy on us. (Christ have mercy on us.) Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. (Christ graciously hear us.) God, the Father of
heaven, (have mercy on us.)God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
(have mercy on us.)God the Holy Ghost, (have mercy on
us.)Holy Trinity, one God, (have mercy on us.)

Holy
Mary, Holy Mother of God, Holy Virgin of virgins, Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church Mother of divine grace, Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste, Mother inviolate, Mother undefiled, Mother
most amiable, Mother most admirable, Mother of good counsel, Mother
of our Creator, Mother of our Savior, Virgin most prudent, Virgin
most venerable, Virgin most renouned, Virgin most powerful, Virgin
most merciful, Virgin most faithful, Mirror of justice, Seat of
wisdom, Cause of our joy, Spiritual vessel, Vessel of honor,
Singular vessel of devotion, Mystical rose, Tower of David,
Tower of ivory, House of gold, Ark of the covenant, Gate of
heaven, Morning star, Health of the sick, Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted, Help of Christians, Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs, Queen of Prophets, Queen of Apostles, Queen
of Martyrs, Queen of Confessors, Queen of Virgins, Queen of all
Saints, Queen conceived without original sin, Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy Rosary.Queen of the family, Queen of
Peace,

pray

for

us

Lamb
of God, who takest away the sins of the world, (spare us, O
Lord.)Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, (graciously
hear us O Lord.)Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
(have mercy on us.)

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. (That
we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.)

Let us pray. Grant,
we beseech Thee, O Lord God, unto us Thy servants, that we may rejoice in
continual health of mind and body; and, by the glorious intercession of Blessed
Mary ever Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy
of Thine eternal gladness. Through Christ our Lord.
(Amen.)

V. Exaltata est Sancta Dei
Genitrix.R. Super choros angelorum ad coelestia regna.
Oremus.Famulorum tuorum, quaesumus Domine, delictis ignosce: ut qui tibi
placere de actibus nostris non valemus, Genitricis Filii tui Domini nostri
intercessione salvemur. Oremus.Deus, qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus
illustratione docuisti: da nobis in eodem Spiritu recta sapere, et de ejus
semper consolatione gaudere. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. AmenTRANSLATION.V. The holy Mother of God is
exalted.R. Into the heavenly kingdom above the angel choirs. Let us
pray.We beseech thee, Lord, pardon the shortcomings of Thy servants; that we
who by our own works are not able to please Thee, may be saved by the
intercession of the Mother of thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ.. Who, & c.
Let us pray.O God, who hast taught the hearts of Thy faithful people by
the light of the Holy Spirit; grant us in the same Spirit to relish what is
right, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort. Through Christ our Lord. R.
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A replica has
been built that is as close to the original as possible.

Mark MolloyNetherlandsAugust 8, 2012

A Dutch millionaire has built a full-size replica
of Noah’s Ark after dreaming his hometown would be destroyed by a flood of
biblical proportions.Designer Johan Huibers finally opened the doors of his
astonishing craft, which took over four years to build, to members of the public
this week on the Merwede River, Dordrecht.Using ancient dimensions set out
in the Bible’s book of Genesis, the gigantic 137m x 21m ark also features its
own ‘Bible museum’, complete with life-size plastic animals.‘We want to tell
people about God,’ the Dutchman, who worked with a team of 50 employees, told
AFP during construction. ‘We wanted to build something that can help explain the
Bible in real terms.’He added: ‘The wood is Swedish pine, because that’s the
closest we think to the ‘resin wood’ God ordered Noah to use in the Bible. The
animals are plastic and come from the Philippines.’The project stems from a
dream the 52-year-old had in 1992, in which his native Holland was flooded by
the North Sea.‘The next day I bought a book about Noah’s Ark,’ he explained.
‘That night while sitting on the couch with my kids, I looked at it and said:
“It’s what we’re going to do”.’Huibers, who claims to have been contacted by
dozens of people interested in staying on board the ark, originally wanted to
sail the tribute to the London for the Olympic Games.However he was forced
to abandon the plans after Dutch authorities raised health and safety concerns
about the proposed voyage.SHARED FROM UCAN

KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP, August 7, 2012 (CISA) -Kakuma
Refugee Camp has surpassed its capacity of 100,000 residents, creating serious
concerns as more refugees continue to arrive.According to UNHCR, by the end
of July the population of the camp established in northern Kenya in 1992 had
reached 100,009 following a steady influx of new arrivals over the past two
years.“The threat of conflict in neighbouring countries, particularly Sudan
and South Sudan, is expected to continue to drive asylum seekers toward Kenya
for the remainder of the year and into 2013,” said Guy Avognon, UNHCR’s Head of
Sub-Office in Kakuma.Through the first seven months of this year 12,123
individuals were registered in the camp, the majority having fled violence and
conflict in South Sudan’s Jonglei State and Sudan’s South Kordofan. Significant
numbers from Burundi, Ethiopia, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the
Congo have also sought asylum in Kakuma this year.Avognon expressed concern
about possible tension between camp residents and members of the local community
due to the limited water and other resources in the area. The provision of
life-saving assistance and important services is becoming increasingly difficult
due to limited funding to cater for the growing population, particularly in the
shelter, sanitation, education, and healthcare sectors.“The sustained rate
of new arrivals to the camp has already depleted all available land in the new
settlement areas, and despite serious overcrowding in many parts of the camp,
UNHCR and its partners are working to identify available space to settle new
arrivals within existing settlements,” the head of the UNHCR sub-office
said.The increasing population is creating serious concerns for the
operation as the boundaries of the camp cannot be extended further unless new
sources of water are identified. Since the beginning of the year efforts to
supply sufficient quantities of clean, safe drinking water have become a
critical challenge, with refugees now receiving less than the standard 20 litres
of water per person per day.UNHCR’s discussions with the Kenyan government
to establish a second camp have been ongoing for the past year, but as yet no
agreement has been reached, though a potential site has been identified some 35
kilometres from Kakuma. UNHCR is optimistic the discussions will be successful
and additional land will be made available before the end of the
year.However, an estimated US$16.7 million would be required to set up a
second camp and UNHCR’s current financial constraints mean this would likely
also pose significant challenges.SHARED FROM CISA NEWS

Proclamation of the Gospel cannot be left to
others Archbishop Fisichella told the Proclaim 2012 Conference
yesterday

The New Evangelisation needs a new dedication by all
Catholics, Archbishop Salvatore (Rino) Fisichella said in his keynote address at
the opening of the Proclaim 2012 Conference yesterday.President of the
Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation in Rome,
Archbishop Fisichella told 500 youth leaders, parish priests, religious,
diocesan and parish staff, volunteers, educators, school principals and
individuals of all ages that proclamation of the Gospel could not be delegated
to others."Rather it requires the awareness specific to the believer," he
said adding it was a "mistake to see the New Evangelisation purely as a response
to strong pressure from secularism."While he acknowledged the reality of
such pressure, he emphasised that the primary motive for evangelisation had
never changed in the 2000 year history of the Church and was a response to the
Lord Jesus who commanded the faithful to go into the world and bring His Gospel
to every creature.Every Catholic was a bearer of Christ, he reminded those
at the Conference.

Archbishop Fisichella first President of the
Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation

He
also pointed to the close and special link between the New Evangelisation and
the liturgy as ideal opportunities to present and promote the
faith.Baptisms, funerals and weddings brought many people into the
church."But how many people who take part in these ceremonies are
'indifferent' to religion?" he asked and is convinced that while these people
may appear to be indifferent in today's world many in fact were searching for
genuine spirituality.They want answers to questions such as "Who am I?" and
"Where am I going ?"and need and want something to believe in, he said.On
his first visit to Australia, Archbishop Fisichella flew to Sydney for Proclaim
2012, Australia's first-ever national conference on the New
Evangelisation.The three-day conference is an initiative of the Australian
Catholic Bishops' Conference (ACBC) and has been organised by Catholic Mission
Australia and the Catholic Enquiry Centre's National Office for Evangelisation.
One of the key events celebrating the Year of Grace, Proclaim 2012 aims to
deepen understanding of the New Evangelisation, showcase what is happening in
evangelisation and the Catholic Church and begin developing a map for the
future.Proclaim 2012 with the wide range of seminars and line up of national
and international speakers hopes to capture the energy, enthusiasm and
experience of those involved in the New Evangelisation and spread this to
parishes across the country.

Martha Fernadez-Sardina from the US will give
today's keynote address at Proclaim 2012 on forming parish evangelisation teams
and developing outreach programs

"Many parishes know or have heard
about the New Evangelisation but want to learn more and have the information and
the tools to go out and evangelise among their parishes, schools and
communities," Marita Winters, Director of the Catholic Enquiry Centre's National
Office for the New Evangelisation explains. "The conference is about making
parishes stronger and our hope is that those attending will get a shot in the
arm that revitalises their faith and ministries."Today's keynote address
will be given by international speaker, trainer, ministry consultant, US-based
Martha Fernandez-Sardina. With more than 20 years working in the fields of
evangelisation, catechesis, apologetics and youth and young adult ministry, she
is experienced at forming parish evangelisation teams, developing training and
outreach programs.In her address today she will focus on "Personal
Conversion: An Indispensable Key in Personal and Parish
Evangelisation."Tomorrow morning, the final day of Proclaim 2012, Archbishop
Fisichella will give his second keynote address at the conference with a talk
entitled: "Jesus and the Year of Faith Impelling the New Evangelisation." It
is hoped the conference will be held every two years. SHARED FROM
ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY

ASIA NEWS REPORT: by Nirmala
CarvalhoThousands take part in events across
the country. On 10 August 1950, India adopted a law that discriminates against
non-Hindu and non-Buddhist Dalits. In 62 years, nothing has changed. An appeal
is made to India's new President Mukherjee and Sonia Gandhi for a quick change
to the law.

Mumbai (AsiaNews) - "Christian Dalits are
discriminated because of their faith. In a secular state like India, it is
scandalous that non-Hindu and non-Buddhist Dalits are denied their rights on
religious grounds," said Mgr Anthonisamy Neethinathan, chairman of the
Commission for Scheduled Castes and Tribes for the Catholic Bishops' Conference
of India (CBCI). He spoke to AsiaNews on the occasion of Black Day,
which marks the beginning of discrimination against Christian and Muslim
Dalits.Marked across the country, the event gave Dalits this year an
opportunity to call on India's new president, Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) President Sonia Gandhi to
abolish Paragraph 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, which
denies Christian and Muslim Dalits the same rights as other Dalits.Mgr
Neethinathan noted that all Dalits that do not come under the law are held on
the margins of society, hard pressed to find work and still subject to the
absurd Hindu caste system. After 60 years of democracy, changing religion does
not change Dalit status.The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950,
assigns certain rights on the basis of Article 341 of the Indian Constitution.
However, paragraph 3 explicitly says that "no person who professes a religion
different from the Hindu [the Sikh or the Buddhist] religion shall be deemed to
be a member of a Scheduled Caste." In 1956 and 1990, Buddhists and Sikhs were
added to Hindus. Now only Christians and Muslims are still excluded.The
Order gives Hindu Dalits preferential treatment in the economic, educational and
social fields, as well as job quotas in the public service.Christian and
Muslim Dalits have slammed the Order for violating the Indian constitution, like
Article 14 (equality before the law), Article 15 (non-discrimination on grounds
of religion) and Article 15 (freedom of conscience and free profession, practice
and propagation of religion).The National Commission for Religious and
Linguistic Minorities (aka the Ranganath Misra Commission) called for the
replacement of the 1950 Order with something that would "completely de-link the
Scheduled Caste status from religion and make the Scheduled Castes net fully
religion-neutral like that of the Scheduled Tribes."Various agencies and
governments in 12 Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra
Pradesh, have indicated their support for extending the Order to Christians and
Muslims.Similarly, the Indian Supreme Court has told the federal government
on several occasions to solve the problem without getting an answer.Despite
protest marches and fasting (dharma) across the country over the past few years,
politicians have not budged. Despite promises of a quick solution, they remain
under the sway of Hindu culture and its legacy and fear the reaction of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the powerful Hindu nationalist party.SHARED
FROM ASIA NEWS IT

MARTYR died 10 August, 258.St. Lawrence, one of the
deacons of the Roman Church, was one of the victims of the persecution
of Valerian in 258, like Pope Sixtus II and many other members of the Roman
clergy. At the beginning of the month of August, 258, the emperor issued an
edict, commanding that all bishops, ,priests, and deacons should immediately
be put to death ("episcopi et presbyteriet diacones incontinenti
animadvertantur" — Cyprian Epist. lxxx, 1). This imperial command was
immediately carried out in Rome. On 6 August Pope Sixtus II was apprehended in
one of the catacombs, and executed forthwith ("Xistum in cimiterio animadversum
sciatis VIII id. Augusti et cum eo diacones quattuor." Cyprian , ep. lxxx, 1).
Two other deacons, Felicissimus and Agapitus, were put to death the same day. In
the Roman Calendar of feasts of the fourth century their feast day is on the
same date. Four days later, on the 10th of August of that same year, Lawrence,
the last of the seven deacons, also suffered a martyr's death. The
burial-place is in the Catacomb of Cyriaca in agro Verano. source: The
Catholic Encyclopedia